Answer:
The correct option is:
The number of people sent to jail skyrocketed.
Step-by-step explanation:
The "war on drugs" was an initiative taken by government to stop illegal use, distribution and trade of drugs. This initiative was taken be President Richard Nixon, was actually boosted by President Ronald Reagan.
President Ronald Reagan expanded the reach of drug enforcing agencies and focused on criminal punishments over treatments, which resulted in the massive increase in the arrests drug , from 50 thousand in 1980 to 400 thousand to 1997.